Job Description:

Managing end to end HR activities. Handling HR operations & managing employee relations across entire employee life cycle Maintaining relationship with the internal as well as the external vendors. Taking initiatives for developing policies & procedures that are required for building a progressive and vibrant work culture Handling joining formalities & induction of new joinees. Handling employee grievances & resolving attitudinal, behavioral or disciplinary, ethical issues with respect to employees Proactively Analyze issues/trends (such as attrition, disengagement, etc), recommend strategies and take up end to end ownership to implement the desired change/outcome Handle performance management & appraisal process Work towards improving employee satisfaction scores and metrics for the teams Counsel employees on performance issues when required Be accountable for full compliance with all employee relations requirements, in such areas as terminations, offers, performance management processes etc Conduct exit interviews & exit formalities Organizing employee engagement activities like fun @ work, team bonding games, events etc. Resolving employee queries

GENERAL STUDIES MAINS: 1. Modern India:India's Struggle For Independence - Bipan Chandra, A Brief History of Modern India Spectrum Publication, NCERT Modern India. 2. Indian Arts and Culture: Ancient India and Medieval India(NCERT) 3. Indian Geography: India and Environment (NCERT) 4. Indian Polity: Laxmikanth 5. Indian Economics: Economic Survey, Development Economy (NCERT), 6. Science and Technology: Tata Mcgraw Hill, News Paper 7. Statistics: Spectrum and NCERT 8. International Organisation: refer Tata Mcgaw GS Book and Mnorama Year Book 9. Current Affairs: The Hindu and Monthly magazine (Civil Service Chronicle) 10. Ref: India Year Book

BOOKS FOR OPTIONALS GEOGRAPHY BOOKS Suggested by Mr. Srinivasan IAS and Mr. Karthick IPS PAPER ONE 1.Physical Geography- Savindra Singh 2. Model and Theories- Majjid Hussain 3. Geography Through Maps- Sidartha 4. Certificate of Human and Physical Geography- Goh Chang Leong 5. Spectrum Guide for Mains 6. Orient Longman School Atlas PAPER TWO 1. Geography of India- Kuller 2. Geography Through Maps 3. Spectrum Guide for Mains 4. Oxford School Atlas for India NCERT Books: XI and XII 1. Physical Geography 2. India Physical Environment 3. Human Geography POLITICAL SCIENCE BOOKS Suggested by Ms. Sathya IRS (IT) PAPER ONE Section A 1. Introduction to Political Theory- OP. Gauba 2. Political Ideologies- Andrew Heywood 3. Western Political Thinkers- Sushila Ramasamy and Subrata Mukerjee 4. Indian Political Thinkers- Vishnu Bagaavan

Section-B 1. Indian Polity- Laxmikanth 2. Indian Government and Politics- A.S. Narag 3. Current Affairs Magazine and News Papers NCERT Books: XI and XII Political science books IGNOU Books: MA Political Science Books 1. State and Politics, 2. India and World PAPER TWO 1. International Relations- Tapan Biswal 2. World Focus Monthly Magazine (particularly nov-dec issue) 3. Current Affairs on International Relations 4. Baylis and Smith - Globalisation of world politics 5. J N Dixit Indias foreign 6. Mahendra Kumar Theoretical Aspects of IR Ref: http://www.idsa.in/ Public Administration Books PAPER ONE: 1. Public Administration- Avasti and Maheshwari 2. New Horizons of Public Administration 3. Public Administration Theory and Concept- Rumki Basu 4. Administrative Thinkers- Prasad and Prasad 5. Public Administration (Manual) TATA MC Graw Hill- Laxmikanth 6. Public Administration- Sadana and Sharma 7. Public Administration Theories- Fadia and Fadia PAPER TWO 1. Indian Administration- Rajni Goyal and Ramesh Arora 2. Local Government- S.R. Maheshwari 3. Indian Polity- Laxmikanth 4. Indian Administration- Fadia and Fadia MAGAZINE: Economics and Political Weekly Suggested books for Botany Ms. Shanmugapriya IAS A text book of botany Singh, Pandey, Jain Systematic botany R.K.Gupta Algae B.R. Vashista Fungi P.D.Sharma Cell biology P.S. Verma, V.K.Agarwal Genetics - P.S. Verma, V.K.Agarwal Molecular biology - P.S. Verma, V.K.Agarwal Microbiology K.P. Powar Microbiology Pelczar Microbiology Prescott Genetics B.D.Singh Cytology Esau

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Plant anatomy - B.P. Pandey Cytology, genetics and molecular biology P.K.Gupta Elements of biotechnology P.K. Gupta Outlines of biotechnology Emkay publishers Biotechnology Dubey Plant physiology V.K.Jain Plant physiology P.S. Gill Physiology and biochemistry Salisbury, Ross Physiology and biochemistry Fritz, Noggle Plant diversity and systematics verma, singh, agarwal Ancillary botany Rao, Narayanasamy Taxonomy and morphology R.C.Dutta Plant pathology R.S.Singh Plant pathology Mehrotra Plant pathology Bilgrami Plant pathology - B.P. Pandey ICAR Handbook of agriculture Plant breeding B.D. Singh Embryology Bhojwani, Bhatnagar Economic Botany B.P. Pandey Economic botany S.L. Kochar Economic botany Sudhir Pradhan (1995) A text book of Pharmacognosy Kokate, Purohit, Gokhale Ecology V.B. Rastogi Plant ecology Shukla, Chandel Environmental biology and toxicology P.D. Sharma Biodiversity conservation P.C.Trivedi, K.C.Sharma (2003) Evolution T.K.Ranganathan Plant-related articles from Yojana, Kurukshetra and other forestry related government schemes, bills, acts and laws. IAS Botany material available online as pdf files Competition refreshers botany material Brilliant tutorials botany material Biology Special issue of civil service chronicle and Competition wizard Botany material of TataMcGraw Hill GS Manual, Pearson, Spectrum CSIR-NET Life sciences material Botany for pre-medical entrance exam Plant quiz books Previous year question papers (Q.Bank)

SOCIOLOGY PAPER ONE

Sociology - T.B. Bottomore Sociology - Harry M. Johnson Sociology: An introduction and analysis - Maclver and Page Handbook of sociology - Ogburn and Ninkoff

 Social anthropology - Madan and Majumdar Social Thought - Abraham and Morgan Social structure - M.N. Srinivas Dictionary of sociology - Dunean and Mitchel or Penguin

PAPER TWO
1. Ram Ahuja: Society in India 2. Ram Ahuja: Social problems in India 3. IGNOU notes (especially for thinkers and topic on Indian system) 4. Caste its 20th Century Avatar - M.N. Srinivas 5. Participation as freedom - Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze 6. Y. Singh - Modernisation of Indian Tradition 7. Y. Singh - Social tradition in India 8. L.P. Vidhyarthi - Tribal India 9. Y. Singh - Social Change in India 10. Niel J. Smelser for Economy and Society 11. Abraham and Francis - Sociological theory